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This week's contest:
Win $250
Action Stations with Tom Bromley
100 contest entries /
66 stories
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Closes at 23:59 - May 10 EST
Write about someone who always comes to the aid of others.
Teens
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108 stories
Write about someone who has a superpower.
Middle School
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335 stories
You check the time. Perfect. As intended, you've arrived fashionably late.
Funny
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117 stories
Suitcase in hand, you head to the station.
Adventure
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190 stories
"Just say it," you silently reminded yourself. You knew you'd regret it if you didn't.
Nonfiction
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219 stories
As you check your mail, you notice a letter that makes you stop in your tracks.
Thriller and Suspense
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213 stories
Write a story about someone who has just finished writing their first story/book.
Adults
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134 stories
Write a story about someone returning to their craft after a long hiatus.
Narrative
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186 stories
Write a story about an author who has just published a book.
Adults
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88 stories
Write a story that takes place in a writer's circle.
Character
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72 stories
Write a story about someone experiencing a lightbulb moment of writing inspiration.
Short Story
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140 stories
Write a story about change.
Fiction
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164 stories
Write a story about inaction.
Nonfiction
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106 stories
Write a story about community.
Nonfiction
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65 stories
Write a story about activism.
Nonfiction
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45 stories
Write a story about solidarity.
Nonfiction
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53 stories
Write a story that starts by establishing its setting in a different time period — without explicitly stating what that period is.
Historical Fiction
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114 stories
Write a story that starts with a character-revealing something unusual about themselves.
Character
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142 stories
Write a story that starts with someone returning from a trip.
Character
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111 stories
